Merry Christmas!

I have to start by wishing you all a very Merry Christmas! I got a bunch of cool new cooking gadgets (and of course a couple DVDs) under the tree including a Pampered Chef garlic press, (super effective, yet too expensive for me to buy for myself) and some great new measuring cups that display the amounts from above to eliminate the whole hold up the cup to see the measurement look problem. The coolest thing added to my bake supply stash is a new electric mini cupcake maker and not one but TWO different cupcake books. The first is Hello, Cupcake! by Karen Tack and Alan Richardson, which has a bunch of super creative cupcake ideas. The second is Martha Stewart's Cupcakes which offers a lot of delicious looking and classic recipes.

I'm excited to try everything out and get cooking!